Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.

History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.

The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.

I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street?

Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity.

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

A daily written thankful gratitude is a heavenly blessing.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

My passion is to open people's eyes to the sea using the power of photography as a universal language to convince the unconvinced among us that the oceans are fragile and finite.

When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.

Everybody in America is so money-hungry. It's like a rat race and even when you win you're still a freaking rat.

If I could read it, I could play it.

The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man.

No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not.

It is useless work that darkens the heart.